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Try "Mills of Yesterday", A. T. Jackson, Texas Western Press, The University
of Texas at El Paso, 1971

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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael
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Subject: Re: Mid-19th century waterwheel mills

Try contacting SPOOM - The society for the Preservation of Old Mills 
(/www.spoom.org/ <http://www.spoom.org/>).  They have lots of experience 
with old milling operations.

Mike

On 6/22/2011 10:05 AM, Chris McCabe wrote:
> I wonder if anyone might know where I can find some details (nomenclature,
relevant designs, etc.) on the mechanism of a typical 19th century
waterwheel mill, specifically the wheel, shaft, and gearing. The site is a
former grist mill destroyed during the Civil War located on a north Georgia
creek. Many thanks,
>
> Chris McCabe
> Georgia DNR, Savannah

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